Since having served as a Republican County Chairman in
Alabama (Cullman County) in 1977-9, I have often told
Republicans that they must get 53 percent of the
votes to win, because the Democrats will steal 3 percent
from you. Of course,
Perry County has always been reputed to be
much worse. It also used to be the last county in the
state to report—and may still be.
Jim Martin, a
former Congressman, probably lost his bid for the
U.S. Senate in 1978 due to the 6,000 last minute
flood of votes from Perry County.

I based my three percent, however, on nearly all white
Cullman County. Those were the days of copying results
from the last reading in early
lever operated voting machines.

On the night of the election, based on precinct (beat
box) results coming in, the media reported that Martin
had lost Cullman County, coming in with 48.5% of the
vote.

Careful scrutiny of the reported results, however,
showed many numerical transpositions in precinct
totals, the errors mostly favoring the Democrats. For
example: a box might report 115 votes for Martin, when
the real total was 151. The actual vote, not counting
other shenanigans, showed that Martin had carried the
county with 51.5% of the vote. Hence I have always said
that the Democrats will steal at least 3 percent from
you. That is why
ballot security and proper
voter registration are so important.

Up until a few weeks before the election, even the
Sheriff's Department patrol cars had "Vote Democrat"
stickers on their rear bumpers. This was too much even
for the local version of the New York Times. They
published my embarrassing photographs of several
Sheriff's Department patrol cars.

With amnesty and a huge
guest-worker program any semblance of free and
honest elections will be gone.

James Fulford writes: Of course, VDARE.com is neutral
on
party political matters, but please note that Mike
Scruggs is not the only person to say this about
Democratic Party. Republican loyalist Hugh Hewitt wrote
a whole book called If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat, and if
Republicans are interested in garnering larger
majorities, they should consider taking patriotic
immigration reform seriously.